Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers!
As usual it’s been too long since the last update so let’s see what has been going on. I’ve been working and traveling quite a bit as usual, also working through some changes going on at work (nothing to worry about but a whole bunch of extra stuff to do). Jess has finished her second year of teaching and is still loving it. With the added benefit of not getting riffed (Reduction In Force Notification) so we knew she had a job at the same school all summer long. (That was a nice change)
In June we referred Jess to the Mayo clinic in Jacksonville to see what else we could do for her headaches. Unfortunately we learned there is nothing more we can do right now, but we are still looking for other options. To say that the trip was a downer would be an understatement, but we at least came out of it with a validation of her current course of treatment. As we got back into town on June 22nd we heard the sad news that Jess’s paternal Grandmother passed away rather suddenly. We then spent the rest of the month attending to family needs.
July was just a blur between work and vacation. However we did treat ourselves is year to a trip to Key West. It was beautiful as you can see from the pictures below.
Plus there was a 12th anniversary to celebrate in July as well!Â
August was quite busy as well. My customer conference for work was early than usual this year. I took on some extra responsibilities and was onsite the entire week. August came pretty early for Jess as well she had to report back to school on August 10th (I believe a great historical figure was born that day, oh that’s right me!). Then school started full speed on Monday the 15th. However Jess’s students weren’t the only ones not happy about school starting.
All in all pretty normal, red blooded American in fly over country kind of stuff. As always Jess and I hope this entry find you and yours doing well.
Until next time, that’s the news and I am outta here!